Kristin Scott Thomas Quotes

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Kristin Scott Thomas

Profession : Actress

Birth : May 24, 1960

I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I don't want to have to be pretty. I don't want to have to be adorable.

Kristin Scott Thomas

If anyone says, 'Let's have a girls' night out,' I will run in the opposite direction.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Now, playing a love interest can be really thrilling, if you're working opposite thrilling people.

Kristin Scott Thomas

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Exoticism can give you an edge: it makes people assume you're cleverer than you are and gives you the upper hand.

Kristin Scott Thomas

'The English Patient' was a huge turning point in my career and my life; it became this huge thing. But the whole Oscar build-up got completely out of control; I spent more time talking about that film than I spent making it!

Kristin Scott Thomas

I'm a late developer.

Kristin Scott Thomas

I used to be so intensely preoccupied by unhappiness... now there are times where you might get down, but you can move on much faster now.

Kristin Scott Thomas

People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.

Kristin Scott Thomas

When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.

Kristin Scott Thomas

My children are lovely. They're perfect.

Kristin Scott Thomas

Films are just consumables.

Kristin Scott Thomas

You don't choose a film because it's made by a woman, you choose it because it's good.

Kristin Scott Thomas

As actors, we're always asked to portray and react to these extreme circumstances, otherwise it's not interesting. They are agonizing things to think about.

Kristin Scott Thomas